Techware Labs - Reviews - AMD Socket 939 4000+ and FX55

Application Performance of the FX55

Techwarelabs ran the FX55 through a variety of tests to show real as well as synthetic test performance.

Applications Tested:

Microsoft Office
Adobe Photoshop 7
ID Games Quake 3
SiSoft Sandra
3DMark 05

Test Setup:
AMD FX55
1GB Corsair XL PC3200
Windows XP SP2
Geforce 6800GT OC
MSI K8N Neo 2 Platinum

Applications were chosen to demonstrate performance in commonly used applications and 3D games. Results were as follows:

1. Microsoft Office Access 2003- Opening a 100MB Database.

CPU	Time
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz	5 seconds
AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz	3.5 seconds

2. Microsoft Office Word 2003- Opening a 10MB Word Document

CPU	Time
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz	2 seconds
AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz	1 seconds

3. Microsoft Office Power Point 2003- Opening a 10 MB Power Point Presentation

CPU	Time
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz	4.5 seconds
AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz	3.5 seconds

4. Adobe Photoshop 7- Opening a 10MB JPEG

CPU	Time
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz	5.2 seconds
AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz	3.5 seconds

In all of the applications the AMD FX55 was faster than the Intel CPU running full 1Ghz faster.

3D Gaming Performance

1. Quake 3 v 1.32 Demo Four

CPU	FPS
Intel Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz	430.7
AMD FX55, 2.6 Ghz	490.7

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2. SiSoft Sandra

In a side by side comparison the FX55 pounds the competition and is the clear choice. Coming out ahead in the CPU and Memory Bandwidth tests the FX55 is a no nonsense CPU that stands up against the best Intel has to offer. Reminder: these are the stock results from a CPU not yet over clocked.

3. 3DMark Series:

Run at default resolution and AA, AF settings.

Overclocking the FX55